Tag: ETFs

Exchange-traded fund (ETF) assets increased by more than $44 billion in the month of February, up 3.9%.

Total 529 college savings plan assets were an estimated $144.4 billion in Q4 2011, according to data from Financial Research Corporation (FRC), a division of Strategic Insight.

 BlackRock Inc.’s iShares Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) business launched two dividend-focused equity funds designed to access the emerging markets and Asia/Pacific developed markets.   

 Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC announced the listing of two new ETFs that will provide investors with access to high-beta strategies covering emerging and international developed markets.   

BlackRock's iShares Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) business launched seven new fixed-income funds. 

Folio Institutional and unitZXchange LLC launched a portfolio unitization service. 

Strategic Insight, an Asset International company, reports U.S. Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) enjoyed $28 billion in net inflows in January.

ProShares launched ProShares UltraPro 10 Year TIPS/TSY Spread (UINF) and ProShares UltraPro Short 10 Year TIPS/TSY Spread (SINF).  

Knight Capital Group Inc. announced that Astor Long/Short ETF Fund was added to the 401(k) platform at Paychex Inc. 

The U.S. exchange-traded funds (ETF) industry grew to more than $1.04 trillion in assets under management in 2011, according to a report from State Street Global Advisors (SSgA).

Total assets in exchange-traded fund (ETF) managed portfolio strategies rose 43% in 2011, according to a report from Morningstar.

A survey of U.S. plan sponsors conducted by Finadium looked at the attitudes and opinions of institutional investors across securities lending, collateral management and custody.

BlackRock, Inc. entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Claymore Canada.  

State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) announced the SPDR S&P Small Cap Emerging Asia Pacific ETF began trading on the NYSE Arca on January 12.

ETF flows topped $19 billion in December 2011.  

 State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) launched ETF Fact or Fiction, a website that provides individual investors with a resource for exchange traded fund (ETF) education.

Deutsche Bank and Invesco PowerShares Capital Management, LCC launched two exchange-traded notes (ETNs).   

State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) announced the SPDR Barclays Capital Short Term Treasury ETF and the SPDR Barclays Capital Investment Grade Floating Rate ETF began trading on the...

Strategic Insight (SI), an Asset International company, said U.S. exchange-traded funds (ETFs) experienced $19 billion in net inflows in October alone.

Month over month, exchange-traded fund (ETF) assets rose $110 billion, up 11.5% in October.